Pledging communication about vaccines that will be “grounded in science, not ideology,” the governors of California, Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday they will form a West Coast Health Alliance to begin coordinating public health guidelines separate from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

“The new alliance represents a unified regional response to the Trump Administration’s destruction of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s credibility and scientific integrity,” the trio announced in a news release issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

The move comes a week after the CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez was ousted by the White House after clashing with US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine

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